G/TBT/N/RWA/251  
 
25 April 2019  
(19-2826) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  RWANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Rwanda Standards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49              
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda                       
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw                                                
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Coffee and 
coffee substitutes (ICS 67.140.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and l anguage(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 975: 
2019, Instant (soluble) coffee — Specification (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for Instant (soluble ) coffee. This standard applies to 
decaffeinated instant coffee.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC  2000.09, Ochratoxin A in Roasted Coffee Immunoaffinity Column HPLC 
Method  
• EAS 38, General Standard for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• EAS 105, Roasted coffee beans and ro asted ground coffee – Specification  
• ISO 3509, Coffee and coffee products — Vocabulary  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
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  • ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the foo d chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• ISO 3 726, Instant coffee — Determination of loss in mass at 70 degrees C under 
reduced pressure  
• ISO 6670, Instant coffee — Sampling method for bulk units with liners  
• ISO 20481, Coffee and coffee products — determination of the caffeine content 
using HPLC — Reference method  
• ISO 11292, Instant coffee — Determination of free and total carbohydrate 
contents — Method using high -performance anion -exchange chromatography  
• ISO 24114, Instant coffee — Criteria for authenticity  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
KK 15 Rd, 49       
Toll Free: 3250         
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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